The waiter began removing the clean plates and silverware from the three empty seats on the white cloth. There was no need for them. The only chair occupied at this four-person table at Sonny Lee's Hunan Taste restaurant in Owings Mills, Maryland, was the one Ravens' wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo sat in.
Here he sat nearly 1,400 miles away from home trying to make a living and a name for himself in the National Football League, left alone on a frigid Christmas Eve with nothing but a few somber thoughts that come naturally with being alone during the holiday season.